14-03-2024, 03:18 PM
SUCCESS !
Thanks for the suggestions which gave me the confidence to persevere.
I ended up tightening the puller to the point where I feared personal injury, belting the puller screw head HARD 6 times with a big club hammer, then tightening a tiny bit more. This sequence was repeated until after two dozen hard blows the pinion was off.
I guess the metal surfaces of the pinion and taper must microscopically fret and become embedded with each other, and it is only the shock waves from hammering that release their grip. I doubt if a straight pull would do the job without shattering the pinion.
Thanks for the suggestions which gave me the confidence to persevere.
I ended up tightening the puller to the point where I feared personal injury, belting the puller screw head HARD 6 times with a big club hammer, then tightening a tiny bit more. This sequence was repeated until after two dozen hard blows the pinion was off.
I guess the metal surfaces of the pinion and taper must microscopically fret and become embedded with each other, and it is only the shock waves from hammering that release their grip. I doubt if a straight pull would do the job without shattering the pinion.